BOBBY JINDAL OUT: 'This is not my time'

In an interview on Fox News on
Tuesday, Jindal announced that he is suspending his campaign for
president.

"I've come to the realization
that this is not my time," Jindal told Fox News host Bret
Baier.

Jindal marveled at how far he
had come personally.

"To put this in perspective, my parents came to
this country 45 years ago. They came here for freedom and
opportunity. You know, when they had me they were actually living
in married-student housing at LSU. I don't think in a million
years they would have ever imagined that I'd be governor or one
day I'd be running for president of the United States," Jindal
said.

On Fox News, Jindal said that
once his gubernatorial term ends later this year, he will focus
on work at America Next, the conservative think tank he founded
in 2013.

Once a rising star in the party, Jindal failed to gain traction
in national polls.

Jindal polled too low to qualify for any of the four main-stage
Republican presidential debates, and so was relegated to the
lower-tier, "undercard" debates.

But Jindal did see a small amount of success in Iowa,
where, according to the Des Moines Register, he participated
in more events than any candidate except former US Sen. Rick
Santorum. The events appeared to pay off — the
governor enjoyed some of his greatest support in the Hawkeye
State, where 6% of likely Republican caucus-goers said
that they'd support him, according toa
recent Public Policy Polling survey.

PPP said on Tuesday that its poll suggested that
most of Jindal's support could gravitate toward retired
neurosurgeon Ben Carson in Iowa, followed by Sens. Ted Cruz
(R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida).

Following Jindal's exit from the race, several
candidates sounded off in support of the governor, and
former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee even hinted at a potential
future job for Jindal:

Thank you to @BobbyJindal for being a conservative governor and running a campaign he should be proud of. Wishing the Jindal family well.